Joint for costumers and other articles



June 17, 1930. H. 5. arm 1,763,748

JOINT FOR COSTUMERS AND OTHER ARTICLES Filed Oct. 10. 1928 Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAEBY SUMNER BEST, OF GALVA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. BEST & SONS, OF GALVA, ILLINOIS, A FIRM COMPOSED 01? CHARLOTTE SUMNERBEST, DOH JEWELL BEST, LEON BENSON BEST, AND HARRY SUMNER BEST JOINT FOR COSTUMERS AN D OTHER ARTICLES Application filed October 10, 1928. Serial No. 311,476.

This invention relates to joints for cost-umers, sewing cabinets, tables, and other articles.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel joint of strong-and substantial construction adapted to hold several arts rigidly together in permanent fixed re ation.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a joint which comprises few parts, which is simple in construction, which interlocks m the parts to provide rigidity, and which can be easily tightened if reguired, to take up looseness due to the wood rying or for other reasons.

The primary object of the invention is to 35 provide a strong, substantial and rigid joint for the column and the cross ieces providing the feet for a costumer, and t e invention can be embodied in stretchers for different articles of furniture, for furniture legs, and 20 destals, and for other things wherein a oint of this kind is desirable and useful.

' In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention in a costumer, and re-' ferringthereto- Q Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a costumer:

embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an exploded view illustrating the relative position of the parts which constitute the oint' 30 Fig. 3 is a detail bottom plan view;

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of another form of the joint;

Fig. 5 is a detail bottom joint shown in Fig. 4; A

Fi s. 6 and 7 are detail views of the leg mem ers of thejoint shown in Figs 4 and 5. Referring to the drawings, the costumer comprises a column 8 mounted on two feet members 910 which are crossed atthe middle and joined together and with the colplan view of the umn. The sides of the feet member 9 are mor-- tised at 11, and the bridge ortion 12 is halved as indicated at 13. The si es of the feet member are mortised at 14, and the bridge portion 15 is halved as indicated at 16. The construction is such that the bridge 15 is adapted to fit in the socket 17 formed by halving the bridge 12, and the brid 12 is adapted to fit in the socket 18 formedi y halving the bridge 50 15. When the feet members are thus interlocked, they will be held in proper relation at right angles to each other, and a screw opening 19 is provided through the interlocking bridges. Four square openings 20 are formed at diagonal opposite corners of the interlock of the feet members, and they are adapted to receive four square tenons 21 formed on the lower end of the column 8. When the feet members are interlocked and the tenons of the column are engagedvwith the openings 20, a lag screw 22 is inserted in the central opening 19 and engaged with the column to secure the feet members to the column.

In Figs. 4-7 I have shown a different em bodiment of the invention, wherein the feet member 23 is mortised at the bottom at 24 and the feet member 25 is mortised at the top at 26 so that the two feet members will interlock like the feet members 9 and 10. The feet member 23 is also mortised at 27 and the feet member 25 is mortised at 28, at the four corners of the interlock of the feet members. The bridge 29 of the feet member 23 and the bridge 30 of the feet member 25 are provided with openings 31 to receive the lag screw 32 for securing the feet members to the column 8. This column is made with'te'nons 21 to engage the o enings formed by the mortises 27, 28 when t e feet members 23, 25 are interlocked as shown in Fig. 5, as previously described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2.

In the construction of Figs. 1 and 2 the bridges are formed by mortising the feet -members at the sides and then halving the bridges, whereas in the construction of Figs. 4-7 the bridge members are formed by 1nor tising the feet members at the top and bottom respectively, after which the members are mortised at the sides for forming the openings to receive the tenons. More operations are required in producin the joint of Figs. 4-7, and for economica reasons the joint of Figs. 1, 2 is'preferred, although both joints are strong and substantial and the interlocked feetmembers provide the openings for receiving the corner tenons of the column. When the feet members are interlocked, they will be held in rigid right-angular relation; and when the four tenons of the column are engaged with the openings in the members provides for a rigid connection, and

the four tenons fitting in the four square openings disposed about the interlocking connection constitute an effective clamping means for preventing any relative movement of the feet members. In the construction of Fig. 2 each opening for a tenon 21 is formed between the bridge 11, the bridge 12 and the shoulders 11' formed by the mortises 11 and the shoulders 14' formed by the mortises 14. In the construction of Figs. 4-7 each opening for a tenon 21 is formed between a shoulder 26' on the member 25 and a shoulder 27 on the member 23 and the walls of the mortises 27 and 28. In both constructions the tenons form looks at each corner of the interlock of the feet members 'to'coact with said interlock for holding the feet members in rigid en agement and at the same time holding the co umn in ri id engagement with the interlocked feet mem ers.

So lon as the three parts, the column and the two Ieet members, are interlocked, they will be held rigidly in their proper relation, and the lag screw is provided to insure that the members will remain in their interlocked position. The joint is simple in construction in either form, it is easily made and assemof its member whereby rectangular enclosed openings are formed diagonally disposed with respect to the center of the interlocked members to receive the tenons of said column.

3. A joint comprising a pair of crossed and HARRY SUMNER BEST.

bled, and it-prevents movement of any of the parts relative to the other parts in any direction. The invention is particularl desirable for a costumer, but it can also e 'used in stretchers for different articles of furniture, for gate-leg tables, and in many other articles where a rigid joint of this kind is desirable.

I have shown theinvention in forms which following claims.

I claim: 1. A joint comprising a pair of crossed interlocked feet members and a column having a pluralit of corner disposed tenons, said feet mem ers being mortised to provide bridges and said bridges being halved to interlock, said members being of substantially the same width and the length of said bridges bein substantially equal to the width of said mem ers whereby rectan lar enclosed openings are formed diagonal y disposed with respect to the center of the interlocked members to receive the tenons of said column.

2. A joint comprising a pair of crossed and interlocked feet members and a column having a plurality of corner disposed tenons, said feet members being mortised to provide bridges and said bridges'being halved to interlock, the width of the members being substantially the same and the length of each mortise being substantially equal to the width 

